Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Deadpool 2' ends Avengers' box-office reign, rakes in $125M
LOS ANGELES - Deadpool and his foul-mouthed crew of misfits and malcontents have taken down the Avengers. Fox’s “Deadpool 2” brought in $125 million according to studio estimates Sun...
May 20, 2018
Braves release slumping Bautista, Camargo to play 3B
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves have released Jose Bautista a month after picking up the veteran slugger and will make Johan Camargo their starting third baseman. General manager Alex Anthopolous said th...
May 20, 2018
Deaths of Gaza children more than just numbers, says Canadian UNICEF worker
OTTAWA - When Genevieve Boutin and her colleagues at the United Nations Children’s Fund were finished verifying the aftermath of last week’s carnage at the Gaza-Israel fence, they added se...
May 20, 2018
Adonis Stevenson, Badou Jack plan to do it again after fighting to a draw
TORONTO - After fighting to a majority draw over 12 hard rounds, the only thing WBC light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and challenger Badou Jack could agree on was they had to do it again. Bu...
May 20, 2018
Empty Handed: Canada loses bronze-medal game to U.S. at world championship
COPENHAGEN - Canada will come home without a medal for the first time in four years after dropping a 4-1 decision to the United States in Sunday’s bronze-medal game at the world hockey champions...
May 20, 2018
Canada's Milos Raonic withdraws from French Open with undisclosed injury
Milos Raonic has pulled out of the French Open. It’s the latest setback in a frustrating tennis season for the product of Thornhill, Ont. Raonic pulled out of the Italian Open earlier this week ...
May 20, 2018
Alfredsson happy to be a hockey dad as he's inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame
COPENHAGEN - Hours before his Swedish countrymen were set to play for their second straight world championship, Daniel Alfredsson reflected on how his life has changed now that he has become a hockey ...
May 20, 2018
Quarterback Johnny Manziel has first practice with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Johnny Manziel spent much of the first day of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ training camp as an observer. The former Heisman Trophy winner watched a lot of Sunday’s session a day aft...
May 20, 2018
Ontario NDP leader pledges end to long-weekend gas pump 'gouging,' details vague
OTTAWA - The leader of Ontario’s New Democrats pledged in vague terms on Sunday to tackle long-weekend spikes in gasoline prices, alleging that opportunistic gas companies are gouging hard-press...
May 20, 2018
'Still beautiful:' Waterton Lakes National Park prepares for life after fire
WATERTON, Alta. - Parks Canada officials and businesses in Waterton say there will be a different type of beauty in the national park, which was devastated by a wildfire last September. The blaze cons...
May 20, 2018